This Week: Double Parking Fines, Cesar Chavez, East Bay BRT

This week, the SFMTA Board considers raising fines on double parkers and sidewalk riders, the Planning Department presents new plans for eastern Cesar Chavez Street, and AC Transit holds the first of its public meeting on the East Bay BRT final EIR. Here are the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar[1]:

Tuesday: The SFMTA Board of Directors meets[2]. The board will consider raising fines for double parkers and sidewalk riders and hear updates on the Central Subway, Mission Street repaving, the E-Line Streetcar, and the budget. 1 pm.

Also Tuesday: SPUR Forum: Smart Growth Strategies: a Mayor’s Perspective[3]. Ventura Mayor Bill Fulton, also an author and a principal at DC&E | The Planning Center, “draws upon his recent experience in Ventura and his influential career in the planning and economic development fields” to discuss the future of California’s sprawling suburbs, the planning challenges we face in the current economic climate, and what planning strategies can we learn from other cities. 6 pm.